2016 European Masters
The 2016 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–9 October 2016 at the Globus Circus in Bucharest, Romania. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Shaun Murphy made the 121st official maximum break in the second frame of his round two qualifying match against Allan Taylor. It was Murphy's fifth professional maximum break.
11 of the world's current top 16 players qualified for the main stages in Bucharest. Stuart Bingham, Mark Williams, Joe Perry and Kyren Wilson lost in the qualifying rounds in Preston, while new Shanghai Masters champion Ding Junhui withdrew. Former professional Zak Surety and Daniel Womersley were the only two amateur players to qualify.
Judd Trump won the event by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final. This was Trump's sixth ranking title.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:
- Winner: €75,000
- Runner-up: €35,000
- Semi-final: €17,500
- Quarter-final: €11,000
- Last 16: €6,000
- Last 32: €3,500
- Last 64: €1,750
- Non-televised highest break: £200
- Televised highest break: £2,000
- Total: €350,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £11,000 for the qualifiers.Main draw
Final
Gallery
Qualifying
These matches were held between 26 and 28 September 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.Round 1
Round 2
Qualifying stage centuries
- 147 Shaun Murphy
- 143, 136 Marco Fu
- 143 Neil Robertson
- 133 Mei Xiwen
- 128, 117 Ricky Walden
- 128 Michael White
- 128 Boonyarit Keattikun
- 127 Jimmy Robertson
- 127 Gary Wilson
- 125, 116, 100 Mark Davis
- 123, 100 Robin Hull
- 123 Stephen Maguire
- 122 Mitchell Mann
- 114 Judd Trump
- 113 John Higgins
- 113 David Grace
- 112, 109 Mark Joyce
- 108 Liang Wenbo
- 108 Dominic Dale
- 106 Mark King
- 104, 101 Michael Holt
- 104 Alfie Burden
- 104 Duane Jones
- 103 Aditya Mehta
- 103 Mark Selby
- 103 Ryan Day
- 102 Fergal O'Brien
- 102 Mark Allen
- 102 Antony Parsons
- 101 David Gilbert
- 101 Daniel Wells
- 101 Tom Ford
- 100 Matthew Selt
Televised stage centuries
- 136, 109, 102 Mark Selby
- 135, 120, 118, 109, 105, 105, 105 Judd Trump
- 129, 118 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 124, 107, 100 Mark Davis
- 121, 112 Mark Allen
- 118, 104 John Higgins
- 112, 103 Neil Robertson
- 107 Anthony McGill
- 105 Ricky Walden
- 103 Liang Wenbo
- 101 Rhys Clark